ShanwickOceanic wrote:I've tried editing shots with GIMP, and it's one more reason why I'm liable to sling the penguin out on its arse.
The workflow between the two is quite different, but I've found I've (slowly) gotten used to it. I'm not remotely a power user, and I confess I'm more of a general photographer than aviation photographer in particular, but I can't find any discernable difference between what I can do with
CS . . . 4? (circa 2010) . . . and
GIMP. The way I do it is different but the result is the same.
It might depend on what you're doing. I use
GIMP for matte effects and graphics work. I use it for multi-shot composites, occasionally for complex retouching or more challenging color correction. For occasional artsy stuff. But I'm not pro-grade. Just an amateur. I use clone stamp a lot, which behaves differently. (It tracks from the same spot each time until you reselect. You have to tell it what brush you want EVERY dang time you reboot.) The healing tool is . . . different. But you can do masks, edit curves, do chromakey, work with fifty different layers . . . Probably depends on what you want. There are surely differences. But my cousin who works with the architectural firm admits she would probably use
GIMP were it not for the fact her job pays Adobe's freight.
As to Linux . . . I can't help you there. That's my brother's department. I'm a happy Windows (7) customer. For the moment.
. . . Also, I do really wish there were
GIMP classes in the way there are Photoshop classes. That would make a big dang difference.